tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post3381772073156195556..comments2024-03-09T03:27:00.284-05:00Comments on 200 Years in Paradise: Call for Help: Virgin Islands Departure ListsDave Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05184594177199559729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-16411819339453016892012-06-10T12:39:24.526-04:002012-06-10T12:39:24.526-04:00Welcome and I hope you come back often!Welcome and I hope you come back often!Dave Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184594177199559729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-1313181784004742702012-06-03T21:13:43.111-04:002012-06-03T21:13:43.111-04:00I think it would be best to call Denmark to see if...I think it would be best to call Denmark to see if they could provide those records.Price Genhttp://pricegen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-57507048011857293842012-05-30T11:48:03.084-04:002012-05-30T11:48:03.084-04:00David,
In the VSHA documents that were removed, th...David,<br />In the VSHA documents that were removed, there were documents for applications of incoming and outgoing, and for moving from country to town and visa versa.<br />These documents, are as you know, during the Danish period<br />AnnAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220189278539065599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717482586742122982.post-88463171920968231262012-05-29T22:51:59.541-04:002012-05-29T22:51:59.541-04:00If Keturah left the island with her son, most like...If Keturah left the island with her son, most likely his name (and photo) would also appear on her passport application. I remember a few years ago the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts in Frederiksted hosted an exhibit about the first ever passports issued to Virgin Islanders (1917-1918) who were leaving the islands to go to NY, Puerto Rico, wherever. Some of those passports were on display plus the stories and photographs behind the individuals. Here is a portion of an article from 2006 regarding the exhibit:<br /><br />" traveling exhibit on Transfer Day is presently at the Caribbean Museum Center on Strand Street and Fort Frederik in Frederiksted. The exhibit features photo transparencies of the first V.I. residents to request passports following the 1917 transfer. The exhibit highlights include a 1917 video clip taken at the transfer ceremony, an audio presentation of Transfer Day recollections from an 8-year-old girl witnessing the ceremony dreaming of eating "American apples," photography and paintings of the era. The exhibit successfully captures a significant moment in V.I. history.<br />Collaborating on the project were St. John artist Janet Cook-Rutnick, digital media artist Edgar Endress, Syracuse University anthropology Ph.D. student Lori Lee, playwright and poet Edgar O. Lake, storyteller Elaine Jacobs and St. Johnian Theodora Moorehead."<br /><br />You can reach the Caribbean Museum at 340-772-2622 or at info@CMCARTS.ORG or you can contact Janet Cook-Rutnick about how to get more information about these passports or where the passports are actually stored at cookrutnik@gmail.com.<br /><br />Here is a link that shows you some actual passport applications plus photos. Lamentably, none of them are of your Keturah, but I'm sure her application exists somewhere!<br />http://www.transferproject.vi/base.html#<br />(This website should also direct you to the exact location of these early passport applications in College Park.)<br />Good luck!<br />RachelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com